Does Ensure Plus help you gain weight?

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Ensure Plus is a drink product formulated to help people gain or maintain a healthy weight when included in a healthy diet. Ensure's website explains that these 8-ounce shakes require no mixing and contain 350 calories, 13 grams of protein, 11 grams of fat, 24 essential vitamins and minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids to support cardiac health.

Ensure reveals that its shakes work well as ingredients in recipes such as dark chocolate waffles. Gather 1 1/2 cups waffle or pancake baking mix, 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa, 1/4 cup sugar, a large egg, 1 cup Ensure Plus Dark Chocolate Shake, 1/2 cup skim milk and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. To make these waffles, combine the dry ingredients together in one bowl, and whisk together the wet ingredients in another bowl. Then add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, and stir until combined. Cook the waffles in a waffle iron until crisp, and top with fresh fruit and whipped topping before serving.